Spungella

The Best Video Compilation Of 2011

2012-02-15T10:30:00.001-08:00

Crazy reference for lots of crazy stuff!

Some basic animation reel advice

2012-02-14T14:36:00.000-08:00

The Animation Podcast has great tips about building your reel. Head over there for more detail about believable performances, convincing physics, entertainment and polish. I couldn't agree more (not that this means anything). Read it, re-read it and read it again!

Spungella Animation Workshop people are awesome.

2012-02-14T13:32:00.000-08:00

In yesterday's session we witnessed the most unintentionally disturbing animation clip ever in the history of any classes or workshops I've ever held. Fernando, I'm proud of you, an idle cycle will never be the same without you. We went from "pulling a Romit" to "pulling a Fernando". Wow. Just wow.

It never ceases to amaze me how much fun those workshops are and it's all thanks to the people participating.

Thanks guys! :)

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Andrea Castagnoli Reel

2012-02-13T11:40:00.000-08:00

Thanks Jerzy for the tip! The pig was great! And the lioness facial detail was great too, nice work!

The Gruffalo's Child

2012-02-13T11:36:00.000-08:00

Thanks Sam for the tip!

Workshop Feedback - Lukas Niklaus

2012-02-11T09:43:00.000-08:00

Full critique at the Workshop Feedback page. As always, additional input is always welcome.

What is an animator really doing?

2012-02-09T17:42:00.000-08:00

Found this via Michael J. Ruocco's Twitter. So. True.

2012 VES Awards Winners

2012-02-07T22:59:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to all the winners! Crazy to see how "Rango" keeps winning, what a great surprise! Big congratulations to WETA for their "Planet of the Apes" win!!

Check out all the winners are variety.com!

Father and Daughter

2012-02-07T09:51:00.000-08:00

Thanks workshop people for telling me about this short. Tearing up at work, good times.

2012 Annie Award Winners

2012-02-06T15:05:00.000-08:00

Head over to annieawards.org for the full list of nominees and winners! Congrats to all the winners and yay for Rango! :)

'Wreck-It Ralph' Concept Art

2012-02-06T15:02:00.000-08:00

More at redforward! Very curious about this movie!

John Carter of Mars Animation (Rare) Bob Clampett

2012-01-30T09:52:00.001-08:00

Pedro "Qcho" Sanz

2012-01-25T11:52:00.000-08:00

Nice work by Pedro Sanz, check out his blog.
Thanks Deepu for the tip!

"THE STRANGE CASE OF DAD´S MISSING HEAD" teaser trailer 2008

2012-01-25T11:45:00.000-08:00

Bit late on this :) but it looks great! Thanks Simon for the tip!

"THE STRANGE CASE OF DAD´S MISSING HEAD" teaser trailer 2008 from Headless Productions on Vimeo.

The Chase - Trailer

2012-01-25T11:37:00.000-08:00

Crazy action! (thanks Lise for the tip!)

The Chase - Trailer from Philippe Gamer on Vimeo.

Dimanche

2012-01-25T11:17:00.000-08:00

2012 Academy Award Nominations

2012-01-24T06:28:00.000-08:00

Full list here. Congratulations to everybody!

Animated Feature Film

A Cat in Paris

Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico & Rita

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
Kung Fu Panda 2

Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Puss in Boots

Chris Miller
Rango

Gore Verbinski

Short Film (Animated)

Dimanche/Sunday

Patrick Doyon
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
La Luna

Enrico Casarosa
A Morning Stroll

Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
Wild Life

Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Hugo

Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
Real Steel

Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink

Dove reference

2012-01-23T09:47:00.000-08:00

And speaking of reference, this is super cool as well!

BBC Earthflight - Bird reference

2012-01-23T09:44:00.000-08:00

Head over to Gizmodo for more clips of really cool bird reference!

James Pearson Showcase Testimonial

2012-01-17T10:42:00.000-08:00

Late in posting this, but make sure you watch the showcase testimonial by Animation Mentor. This time it's about James Pearson, who's a really nice guy! Glad to see him featured!

Indyanimation

2012-01-17T10:38:00.000-08:00

So awesome! Great sound and music plus editing goes a long way! Love the sets he built!

A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol

2012-01-13T16:01:00.001-08:00

A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol - HD from Yuki 7 on Vimeo.

Acting and Animation

2012-01-13T14:56:00.000-08:00

There's a great write-up by Scott Squires at the Effects Corner about the current hoopla regarding performance capture, animation and acting in general.

The real process
Some actors talk or write about motion capture and 3D animation as ‘painting’ in the image. Painting? Really? That would make sense if you took a time machine back 100 years before computers and tried to explain it I suppose. But these days it makes as much sense as saying Michelangelo ‘doodled’ the David sculpture.

Short form: The performance of the actor is recorded and applied in some form to a Computer Graphic (CG) animated character.

Much much more can be read here.

Electroshock

2012-01-11T11:35:00.000-08:00

Shocking with a chance of meatballs! The billboard moments cracked me up. Great voice work too! Thanks for the tip Bernie!

Directed by Hugo JACKSON, Pascal CHANDELIER, Valentin MICHEL, Bastien MORTELECQUE and Elliot MAREN.

With the voices of Christophe LEMOINE, Ariane AGGIAGE, Michel VIGNE, Laetitia BARBARA, Philipe PEYTHIEU and Véronique AUGEREAU.

Music by Thierry JAOUL, Jose VICENTE and Hugo JACKSON

Mixed by Jose VICENTE and Yoann PONCET, Studio des Aviateurs.

ESMA Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques 2011

Graph Editor Redux & Digital Pose Test 1.8.0 (maya plugin)

2012-01-10T11:12:00.000-08:00

This seems pretty cool, anybody have any experience with it? Found via Jamaal Bradley

Graph Editor Redux Tutorial 1 from cgjedi on Vimeo.

Sign up for Spring Workshops is open!

2012-01-09T13:37:00.000-08:00

Just a reminder that you can sign up for the onsite and online workshops. Check the link at the top of the site for more info!

Devils Angels & Dating - Short Film

2012-01-09T10:47:00.000-08:00

Thanks Shane!!

After 5 Years of Development, 3 Years of Online Production by a Global Online Team, 2 Years of Animation, with a $0 budget. Devils, Angels & Dating is completed and released online. Directed by Michael Cawood, this computer animated short film is the work of a worldwide team of Artists and Animators. Entirely developed in the public eye online, it has also become a fantastic resource for Animation students and professionals alike. Be sure to watch the film and spread the message, you can also go behind the scenes and view the development process of the film.

About the Film : Devil wants Cupid's job, but a battle for Death's affections has cosmic ramifications below the Heavens.

Main Website : http://devilsangelsanddating.com/

More information and expanded credits on the Director's website:

http://MichaelCawood.com/CGShort.htm

Presskit : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1289261/Press_kit.zip

Movie Poster : http://michaelcawood.com/images/CGShort/Devils_Movie_Poster.jpg

'The Art & Making of Devils Angels & Dating' - eBook - http://kck.st/tWsc6H

Exclusive Behind the Scenes Videos - http://www.IndieGoGo.com/Devils

10th Annual VES Awards - Nominations

2012-01-09T08:46:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to everybody involved!!

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Puss In Boots – Puss
Antonio Banderas
Ludovic Bouancheau
Laurent Caneiro
Olivier Staphylas

Rango – Rango
Frank Gravatt
Kevin Martel
Brian Paik
Steve Walton

Rio – Nigel
Diana Diriwaechter
Sang Jun Lee
Sergio Pablos
Aamir Tarin

The Adventures of Tintin – Tintin
Gino Acevedo
Gustav Ahren
Jamie Beard
Simon Clutterbuck

All of the nominees are here!

Earthflight Trailer - BBC One

2012-01-05T15:25:00.001-08:00

Sweet reference!

Clip from Tangled Ever After

2012-01-05T14:13:00.001-08:00

Can't wait for this. It's such a shame that the Annie boycott happened during the Tangled year...

MasterClass - Animating Animals by William Groebe

2012-01-04T13:22:00.000-08:00

Thanks Sam for the tip!

MasterClass - Animating Animals: Tips and Tricks to Animating Believable Animal Characters in a Live Action Feature by William G from CGMeetUp Team on Vimeo.

AnimSchool Classtime: Character Eye Blink

2012-01-03T11:45:00.000-08:00

This is great!

Tintin Adaptations

2012-01-02T21:31:00.000-08:00

Cartoon Brew has a really cool write-up regarding all the different adaptions of Hergé's Tintin. The comics were a huge part of my childhood and it's fun to see the different approaches. They are not all really my thing (including the Spielberg one), except for the 2D animated "Le Temple du Soleil" and "Tintin et le lac aux requins" ones. I'm curious how the Spielberg version will do at the Globes and potential Oscars, given the usual mocap hoopla. :)

Fall 2011 Spungella Animation Workshops are done!

2011-12-23T08:52:00.000-08:00

If I had to describe the feeling of this Fall's workshop (as well as AM's Creature Class), then it would have to be like this:

Thanks to everybody who participated, it was again a TON of fun and very inspiring to see what you guys come up with! We even had a leprechaun in a suitcase for crying out loud!!! :)

Have a great holiday break! You all deserve it!

Cheers
JD

TEDx - JASON SCHLEIFER

2011-12-20T08:13:00.000-08:00

Cool talk and those animation tests are great!

Goose by Dor Shamir

2011-12-20T07:15:00.000-08:00

Thanks Le Roy for the tip!

Sophia Grace and Rosie - Contrasty behaviour reference

2011-12-18T12:19:00.000-08:00

I found this clip very interesting and funny to watch. On one side you have this outgoing and loud girl and right next to her the shy and quiet one. Fun pose and gesture differences.

Disney Animator Tom Bancroft Webcast

2011-12-16T13:43:00.000-08:00

If you've signed up for the Animschool.com newsletter, then you've received the cool news that you can watch the recording of the Tom Bancroft webcast. That opportunity is not going to last forever, so check it out here!

Tony Chau Nov 2011 Demo Reel

2011-12-16T12:20:00.000-08:00

Man, that first shot really gets me...

Tony Chau Nov 2011 Demo Reel from Tony Chau on Vimeo.

Michael Amos Animation Showreel

2011-12-16T12:19:00.000-08:00

Nice little Jungle Book reference at the 33sec mark! :) Great anim and look!

Michael Amos Animation Showreel from Michael Amos on Vimeo.

2012 Golden Globes Nominations

2011-12-16T09:54:00.000-08:00

Awards season is upon us!

Check out the full list here.

Animated film:
Rango
The Adventures of Tintin
Puss in Boots
Cars 2
Arthur Christmas

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Twitter Anim tips

2011-12-16T09:27:00.000-08:00

#animtip on Twitter has been around for a while (I believe originating as an every-week-on-Tuesday thing) and there has been a constant flow of good tips, but in the recent weeks a treasure trove of tips has been added by Kevan Shorey with really helpful advice by a ton of dreamworks animators.

Definitely recommended, don't miss it!

Diablo 3 Exclusive Intro Cinematic

2011-12-15T13:43:00.000-08:00

Cool look at the beginning! Thanks Ricardo for the tip!

Click here to watch it.

Behind the Magic: The Look of 'Rango'

2011-12-15T11:20:00.000-08:00

I'm still surprised at how many times people say that this movie is "not animated" or that it used mocap. Really?
I like how Hal addresses the emotion capture thing though. Maybe people just read that part a long time ago and since "capture" is part of it, the notion of motion capture as a dominant factor crept in?

Kyle Balda 3D Animation Masterclass: Basic Walk Cycle Tutorial

2011-12-11T14:21:00.000-08:00

Great walk through! Cute rig too! Thanks Kyle for the tip!

Aardman Animation Studios - Behind The Scenes

2011-12-10T09:39:00.000-08:00

The amount of work and artistry is just staggering. CG can suck it!

- found via onanimation

Reference for Scare Prank

2011-12-09T16:10:00.001-08:00

via Azizk

Keloid

2011-12-09T15:46:00.000-08:00

All CG! Nice renders! There's more info and another short at movies.com.

Keloid Trailer - A Short Film by BLR from BLR_VFX on Vimeo.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Trailer

2011-12-08T10:50:00.000-08:00

The human designs look fun!

Love the penguin scene here.

12 Drawings a Day - 12 Dessins par Jour - by Denis Chapon

2011-12-07T09:39:00.000-08:00

12 Drawings a Day - 12 Dessins par Jour from Denis Chapon on Vimeo.

During 3 years (2008-2011) i have been drawing 12 drawing of animation every day, it make one second of film. I had no plans what so ever before starting the first drawing. And then, each of the folowing days, I took the 3 last drawing from the day before and kept on animating. I use a none erasable pen, and drew on the back side of used A4 paper.

12 DESSINS PAR JOUR
Pendant 3 ans (2008-2011) j'ai fait 12 dessins d'animation chaque jour. Ce qui équivaut à une seconde de film. Je n'avais pas de plans précis quand j'ai fait le premier dessin. Puis, les jours suivant, je prenais les 3 derniers dessins de la veille et continuais à animer. J'ai utilisé un stylo non-effaçable et je dessinais au verso de feuilles A4 déjà utilisées.

Prep and Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice

2011-12-07T06:58:00.000-08:00

Noel's face after "I thought it was Francis." at 10min35s cracked me up. That expression is so good! :)

39th Annual Annie Nominations

2011-12-05T11:01:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to everybody involved!! Head over here for the full list!

Best Animated Feature

A Cat in Paris – Folimage
Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L.
Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
Cars 2 – Pixar Animation Studios
Chico & Rita – Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
Puss In Boots – DreamWorks Animation
Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
Rio – Blue Sky Studios
Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall

Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production

Adventure Time: Thank You – Cartoon Network Studios
Batman: Year One – Warner Bros. Animation
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas – Blue Sky Studios
Kung Fu Panda – Secrets of the Masters – DreamWorks Animation
Prey 2 – Blur Studio
Star Tours – Industrial Light & Magic

Reel making tips

2011-12-02T11:29:00.000-08:00

Funny and true list of things to consider when building your reel, found via the 11secondclub blog. Head over there for the full list:

5. This is the most important thing in this list. Everything you ever animate, ever, needs to be entertaining. If it's not, stop what you are doing, right away. Unless you are learning a principle, or its a school lesson, STOP NOW. Or unless you are entering some odd film competition, that 95 ppl out of 100 would want to punch you and the films watched in the face. STOP. If you don't know what's entertaining, or how to make a shot entertaining, STOP, ask everyone you know to look at your work and what you can do to inject entertainment into it. If you still don't know, STOP, watch every movie you can. If you still don't, STOP, rethink your career. All humans watch t.v, cartoons, movies and play video games with one purpose and only one purpose, TO BE ENTERTAINED.

Tangled Character: Rapunzel

2011-12-02T11:26:00.000-08:00

Cool artwork, head over to livlily.blogspot.com (via 11secondclub blog)!

Movies on the Radio - Music for Pixar

2011-11-30T13:49:00.000-08:00

Not animation per se, but I love movie scores and if you do as well, I'd recommend checking out the "Movies on the Radio - Music for Pixar". It's a great collection, with cues from "Up", "Toy Story 1-3", "The Incredibles", etc.

Thanks Jonathan Korzen for the tip!

... WQXR's "Movies on the Radio," hosted by David Garland. This show featured the music of Pixar as a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Steve Jobs.

Pixar Animation Studio's computer-animated films provide great story-telling, with memorable characters, playfully astonishing visuals, and compelling music. For their feature films, Pixar has used three talented composers: Randy Newman, Thomas Newman, and Michael Giacchino.

Garland presented music for such Pixar films as "Toy Story," "Up," "WALL-E," "Ratatouille," "Finding Nemo," and others, while reflecting on the ability to Pixar's music to communicate clever motifs and powerful emotions. Saturday’s program included Randy Newman’s “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” (Toy Story) and Michael Giacchino’s “Seizing the Spirit of Adventure” (Up).

Body movement in support of personality

2011-11-30T10:09:00.000-08:00

Each animator will get to a point where they will have mastered the body mechanics enough so that they can focus on acting choices. But temptation is always there to have gestures or other body movements showcasing animation principles instead of personality. I totally understand and I'm guilty of that myself. A frequent example in my workshops is my Maya 3 assignment from the Academy, Ze Chair:

which was lovingly referred to as "Animation Jerk Off" by the awesome teacher Lisa Mullins. She immediately let me know that this is just animation for animation's sake. And she was totally right. I was more in love with the animation principles and focused on showing them off, instead of thinking about character and personality. I hope she's still teaching. Her class was the first real character animation class for me and one of the best ones.

So once you get passed that, it's less about "there's a pop on x17" but more about acting choices, which fall more into the "I prefer this over that." as opposed to being wrong (of course you can have totally inappropriate acting choices that will feel wrong, but I hope you get my point).

Which brings me to a workshop clip I was giving feedback for. The question from the animator was, which version I preferred. My response and preference was based on movement supporting a character's personality, which I'm sure is totally debatable, but I just wanted post the feedback from the Workshop Feedback page here as well:

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stuck02

IP10

(This is in response to which version I prefer.)

Funny enough, I like them both, but specific parts and would mix them. I know that sounds complicated and not sure if that's helping you. What I like about "stuck02" is the amount of rotation and overlap the body has after she's being stuck. In "stuck02" she goes pretty far down up to x54, whereas in "IP10" she doesn't go as far and stops a bit abruptly. So anim wise from a body mechanics point of view, "stuck02" feels better.

But what I prefer in "IP10" is her left arm from x51 to 74, because it's stiffer. She's surprised, a bit irritated, but tense, and that is reflected in that stiffer arm. In "stuck02", from x54 to 85, the arm is loose and dangling, and feels too out of control and animated. Too me it's not in character.
After that it's up to you. Neither versions are wrong, they are just different in terms of acting choices. In "stuck02" she looks back up to x100 in a slow way, which gives her a feel of "Hello? Uhm... anybody see that? Help me!". In "IP10" she goes up very fast to x93, which gives it a feel of "Oops! I hope no one saw that!", which is a bit more in character because she looks and moves like a confident business woman, so when she's in trouble, I think she would want to keep that strong and confident look, so she wouldn't look around for help, she would try to fix it herself. That strong personality is reflected in x182, how she puts her glasses back into the right place. Then at the end when the manhole cover comes out, that's what breaks her confidence and that's why she looks surprised and out of it at x240. It's good contrast and a change in her character, whereas in "stuck02", she already looks a bit helpless like that during the x91 area. So the ending in "stuck02" is a bit more of the same in terms of character and less of a contrast.

So basically, I would use "stuck02" until x56, then use the rest of "IP10". :)

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iAnimate.net 2011 show reel

2011-11-27T13:05:00.000-08:00

Nice work and cool lighting!

iAnimate.net 2011 show reel from iAnimate on Vimeo.

Crazy stunt and tricks reference - Damian Walters

2011-11-23T08:44:00.000-08:00

Holy. Moly. Found via Jamaal Bradley and Bryn Richards

Free Reel Review by Reel Feedback

2011-11-21T16:26:00.000-08:00

Here's a message from reelfeedback's Hans Brekke:

We got a cool event for animation students next month in Emeryville. We're having a free reel review where students can bring their reels and get feedback. Its on Dec 15th from 7 -10 pm. We're having it at Lanesplitters so students can have some pizza and hang out.

Here is a link to the event site:
http://www.reelfeedback.com/december11event/

Sweet!

Reference for jumping and stupidity

2011-11-18T10:44:00.000-08:00

Just wow.

Origin of Acting Choices

2011-11-17T15:26:00.001-08:00

One thing I always mention in my workshops in terms of acting choices is how the environment can and should influence the acting choices of your character.

The main example, which I ripped off of "Inside the Actor's Studio" (but don't remember who said it first), is:

- imagine a scenario where a character enters a room/place and gets ready to go to sleep.
- the steps involved in doing so could be: entering room, turning lights on, putting keys or other belongings somewhere, brushing teeth, undressing, going to bed

Now. Those acting choices and whatever the character is doing in order to go through those steps will be different depending on where the character is.

If the character (a man for instance) is at his own place he will be familiar with his surroundings, so when he enters his house/apartment/whatever and switches on the light, he won't have to look and search for the switch, he probably won't even look in the direction of the switch while he flips it, because it's a habit. All the bathroom interaction, etc. etc. will be based on familiarity and routine.

But. If the guy is staying at a hotel (first time there), the same steps (entering, lights, keys, etc.) will have different acting choices because he is not familiar with the place. He will have to look for the switch, for other rooms, etc. etc.

So the same action will be different depending on the environment and the character's relationship to that environment.

Why do I bring this up now? I was reading an interview about John C. Reilly and his new movie "Carnage" at hollywoodreporter.com and one of the questions was "What did you learn about filmmaking from Roman?" (Roman Polanski is the director)

I found his answer very interesting and it reminded me of that Inside the Actor's Studio thing.

During rehearsals, I'd have this book in my hand, and I have to set this book down in order to do the next bit of acting, and he would say: "Why would you put the book down? You don't know that you're going to pick up the bottle yet. You're doing that because you know you need your hands free, but that doesn't make sense."

Totally true and a good reminder to question the origin of your acting choices!

Ice Age 4 - Scrat

2011-11-17T14:17:00.001-08:00

Awesome! Too bad the anim credits are not in. The underwater stuff cracked me up! Anybody know which animators worked on this?

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Preview

2011-11-16T11:05:00.001-08:00

The Pirates! Band of Misfits Trailer

2011-11-16T10:46:00.000-08:00

Brave Trailer

2011-11-16T10:05:00.000-08:00

Hmm... three little kids, three little bears. Spoiler?

The Dragons Are Back!

2011-11-14T14:17:00.000-08:00

Toy Story Toons - "Small Fry"

2011-11-14T10:03:00.000-08:00

Dan Schoening

2011-11-10T10:04:00.000-08:00

Check out Dan Schoening's gallery, love his work! Those Ghostbusters one are so cool. Would be awesome to have those as maquettes and anim rigs. :)

Interviewer reference

2011-11-09T17:10:00.001-08:00

This clip, besides being about this crazy awesome kid, had a section that cracked me up at 2mins 52seconds. The interviewer's facial expression and timing during his statement is just too cartoony!

New The Lorax trailer

2011-11-09T12:20:00.000-08:00

Gear change reference

2011-11-03T16:30:00.000-07:00

So. Mean.

"I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy"

Workflow by Jim Levasseur

2011-11-03T10:28:00.001-07:00

Head over to Jim's site and check out his 8 page workflow dissection. Thanks for sharing!!

Emil's Animation Reel 2011

2011-11-02T15:08:00.000-07:00

Emil is looking for feedback!

Kibble and Bites - by Agnes Salek

2011-11-02T15:02:00.000-07:00

Awesome and creepy! Another Halloween addition! :) Great work Agnes!

Back from the Dead by Mark Estrada

2011-11-02T14:58:00.000-07:00

Extending Halloween time! Thanks Mark!

The Last Train by Animation Hub

2011-11-02T14:50:00.000-07:00

Very nice, love it! Thanks Simon for the tip!

BEAT by Or Bar-El

2011-11-02T14:45:00.000-07:00

Super cool! Thanks Eitan for the tip!

Foot detail in animation

2011-11-02T13:30:00.001-07:00

I love putting in finishing touches on feet and hands/fingers in my animation whenever time permits and it's a frequent topic in my workshops (will ad a clip and anim notes about that later). Lauren pointed to this great clip regarding micro movement in feet. Nice find, thanks!!

ILM Tour

2011-11-02T11:31:00.000-07:00

[update] Boooooooo! They changed the permission settings!

Thanks to a co-worker and through Super 8 behind-the-scenes clips I found this Epix clip with Shawn (not Shaun, hahaha!), giving the viewers and inside tour of ILM. Good stuff!

ParaNorman Trailer

2011-10-28T11:17:00.001-07:00

Awesome!!

Pythagasaurus

2011-10-27T11:54:00.000-07:00

Trailer for Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax'

2011-10-27T10:45:00.000-07:00

Fun animation! I really like the shot of the kid at the table, eating and asking his mom a question, nice detail work in his readjustment. Cute designs too! Watch the trailer here.

Making of the Smurfs

2011-10-26T14:24:00.000-07:00

Click on the link for awesome making-of footage!

Making of the Smurfs

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Opening Cinematic

2011-10-26T09:01:00.000-07:00

Very cool!

Get More: GameTrailers.com, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Opening Cinematic HD, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Phineas and Ferb - 'Animatin' Rap Video

2011-10-21T14:44:00.000-07:00

Hahaha! Oh boy...

Diablo III Black Soulstone Cinematic Trailer

2011-10-21T13:29:00.000-07:00

Nice work! (found via Kevan's Twitter)

Magic by Sam Verschraegen

2011-10-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

This was unfortunately a late entry for the 100 frame contest but it's great and wanted to post it anyway!

Magic from Sam Verschraegen on Vimeo.

Rio animation reel by Julen Santiago

2011-10-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

Thanks Christian for the tip!

Rio animation reel from Julen Santiago on Vimeo.

Emergen-C TV Ad - Vacation

2011-10-19T19:57:00.000-07:00

Nice TV spot! Thanks for the tip Matthew!

Halo Reach - Reel by Tom Saville

2011-10-18T10:18:00.000-07:00

Thanks Le Roy for the tip! Read about it on Tom Saville's blog.

Prelude to Eden - Michel Gagné

2011-10-17T10:37:00.000-07:00

This is an older piece and was posted on my older blog, but it's so awesome, that I need to repost it here. Thanks Matthew for the reminder! Head over here to find out more about it (making-ofs and music).

Fox Retro

2011-10-14T15:49:00.000-07:00

Fox Retro from Danca on Vimeo.

Imagine animating this...

2011-10-13T17:22:00.000-07:00

There would be so much frame by frame work... The move on 4:12 is awesome.

Looney Tunes: VES Submission

2011-10-12T11:58:00.001-07:00

Head over to cgjosh.com and watch the AWESOME clip showcasing the rigging and anim of Looney Tunes. Holy moly!!

Original Stop-Motion Animated T-Rex Scene From 'Jurassic Park'

2011-10-10T12:05:00.000-07:00

Head over to movies.com for all the info and more clips! (no embedding)

Crazy Fencing poses

2011-10-08T16:00:00.003-07:00

I just put "fencing" in Google to look for a pose and the image results contain so many awesome photographs:

And of course boston.com's The Big Picture has really good pictures:

Scared faces reference

2011-10-07T11:54:00.000-07:00

The whole collection can be found here!

Found via @GrahamRoss

Simon's Cat in 'Double Trouble'

2011-10-07T11:51:00.001-07:00

Hahahahaha!!

Jacobs Lament

2011-10-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

Trippy!

Notes from Stijn Windig:

It's a collaboration between myself and fantasy illustrator Ian Miller. It is made as a test/showcase for a bigger project.

It is not as polished as most of the good stuff on your site, but I hope you like it enough to consider giving it some attention

Sure thing! It's not like there's some quality level that you need to achieve before I post something. And this is already cool! Curious to see the bigger project!

Jacobs Lament from Stijn on Vimeo.

Frame a Frame: Sergio Pablos (English Subtitles)

2011-10-06T14:35:00.000-07:00

Thanks Christian for the tip!

Sergio Pablos, former Disney Supervisor is the director of The Spa Studios, who designed the main characters of Rio and were responsible for the original idea of Despicable Me.

Frame a Frame: Sergio Pablos ( English Subtitles ) from Christian Dan on Vimeo.